UConn senior forward Maya Moore was named to the Capital One Academic All-American team for the third time and was named the Academic All-American of the Year in the University Division for a second time.

Moore had previously joined Rebecca Lobo, Jen Rizzotti and Leigh Curl as the only players in program history to be named an Academic All-American multiple times but she is the first Husky to earn the honor three times. She is the first player to be named Academic All-American in the University Division more than once.

Moore, who carries a 3.70 grade point average with an individualized major titled “sports, media and promotion", leads the top-ranked Huskies in scoring (23.6 points per game), rebounding (7.8) and also leads the team with 124 assists, 64 steals and 35 blocked shots.

She was joined on the University Division first team by Army's Erin Anthony, Kathleen Barry of Columbia, Amanda Johnson of Oregon and West Virginia's Liz Repella.

Speaking of grade point averages, UConn will honor the student/athletes with 3.0 GPA during halftime of Monday's game against Syracuse.

A total of 327 student-athletes from all 24 of UConn’s athletic teams will be honored for earning a 3.0 grade point average in the spring 2010 and/or fall 2010 semester.

There will be a special recognition for the 16 student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average in either semester. Those exceptional scholar-athletes are: junior Michelle Bashaw (Salisbury) of the women’s track and field team, an elementary education major, who earned a 4.0 in both semesters; senior Robert Brickley (Wethersfield) of the men’s soccer team, a civil engineering major; freshman Courtney Gregorian (Burlington, Ont.) of the women’s swimming and diving team, a nursing major; freshman Julia Hamer (Burlington, Ont.) of the volleyball team, a kinesiology major; senior Angelika Johansson (Falkenberg, Sweden) of the women’s soccer team, a doctoral student in math; senior Greg King (Queensland, Australia) of the men’s soccer team, a psychology major who graduated in December; sophomore Hillary Lackman (Storrs) of the women’s soccer team, a psychology major; junior Megan Lally (Westwood, Mass.) of the women’s lacrosse team, a biology major.

Also: freshman Scott McCummings (Natick, Mass.) of the football team, a management major; senior Kathleen Moritz (York, Pa.) of the women’s tennis team, an exercise science major; senior Mike Rutt (Sinking Springs, Pa.) of the men’s track and field team, an exercise science major; senior Lauren Sparks (West Chester, Pa.) of the women’s lacrosse team, a communication and English major; junior Jens Peter Traff (Lyngby, Denmark) of the men’s swimming and diving team, a computer engineering major; sophomore Siobhan Wilcox (Glastonbury) of the women’s lacrosse team, a nursing major; sophomore Hillary Wiles-Lafayette (Litchfield) of the women’s rowing team, a ecology and evolutionary biology major; and senior Annie Yi (Indianapolis, Ind.) of the women’s soccer team, a doctoral student in physical therapy.

In addition, 11 teams will be honored for having a cumulative 3.0 squad grade point average for the fall semester: field hockey, women’s lacrosse, men’s tennis, women’s rowing, softball, volleyball, women’s ice hockey, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis and women’s track and field.

The women’s soccer team will be honored for having the highest grade point average for both the fall 2010 semester and the combined spring 2010 and fall 2010 semesters.